JMU Biology Students Receive Research Awards

JMU students in ecology and botany received research awards at the annual meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists.

ELSIE QUARTERMAN-CATHERINE KEEVER AWARD

This award is given by the SE Chapter of the Ecological Society of America for the best ecological POSTER presented by a student at the ASB annual meeting. This year’s winner... Charles R. Watt, Corey Swanson, Dillon Miller, Alaina Esposito and Dr. Christine May - “Experimentation reveals how brook trout adapt body coloration to match substrate conditions and social hierarchies”

SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BOTANICAL SOCIETY BEST STUDENT PAPER AWARD

This award is given by SABS to the outstanding botanical presentation (oral) by a student at the ASB annual meeting. Includes $500. This year’s winner… Jamie Smith and Dr. Conley K. McMullen -“The relationship between riparian zone width and floristic quality along streams in Shenandoah County, Virginia”